Manicure device



P. SERENE.

MANICURE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I922.

Sept.

Patented INVENTOR. az'z/ Here? rarer "it fli ht PAUL snannn, or YONGSTOWN, 01-110, essrenon or ONE-THIRD 'ro L. r, D AND ONE-THIRD To B.r. HIGBY, Born or YOUNGSTOWN, onro.

MAnIoiiRE DEVICE.

Application'filed. March 2, 1922. Serial No. 540,467.

To all 'LUhOW'b'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL SnnnN'n, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Youngstown, county of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Manicure Devices, of which thefollowing is. a specification, theprinciple of the invention beingherein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applyingthat principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The present invention relates to a manicure device comprising a smallthimble in which is mounted means for polishing, cleaning and filing thenail, the whole device being small enough to be readily carried in apocket or the like, and being so arranged that it may be easily used.The bufiing and cleaning means are mounted within the thimble in such amanner that the device automatically ada ts itself to fingers ofdifferent sizes and t e whole device is conveniently and readilyassembled. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, saidinvention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting, however, butone of various mechanical forms in which theprinciple of the invention may be used.

In said annexeddrawingz I Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the thimble taken on the line 1-1 of Figs. 1 and 3 and lookingin the direction away from the cleaning device; Fig.2 is a centralhorizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on theline 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. a is a sectional view of the detail showingthe cleaning device taken on the line a d of Fig. 3.

The present device consists of an outer casing or thimble 2 which isprovided on the inside, as shown in Fig. 1, with a curved plate 3 havinga down-turned flange 4 around its edges, this plate being attached tothe inner surface of thethimble by means of two flat springs 5 which areriveted as at 6 to the plate and to the thimble. This plate is providedwithin'the finages with a bufiing pad 7 which is thicker than the of aspring 8 pinned or riveted to the plate 3, the forward end of the springbeing curved down within the thimble arid backward toward the open endof the thimble, and this end of the spring is provided with a file andcleaner consisting ofan arcuate member 9 having at its center a pointedend 10 with a fairly sharp upper edge 11 adapted to enter under the nailto clean the same, and this arcuate member is also provided with agroove 12 to receive the outer edge of the nail, the groove beingprovided with a series of file teeth 13 so as tofile the nail as themember is moved back and forth across the same. This same action bothcleans and files at onetime. As shown, this device is mounted at theright hand edge of the plate looking from the open end of the thimble,and is therefore not used when thenail is being buffed, but is usedseparately without the buffer having any action.

By means of the spring mounting for the buffer, the open space in thethimble below the bufier will be small enough to enable the buffer tocontact a normally small finger, and the buffer can be raised againstthe action of the spring to receive fingers which are larger, andthespace between the plate in its normal position and the top of thethimble is sufiicient to. allow the device to be used for anormal rangeof size of fingers. The spring which carries the cleaning and filingmember is sufficiently resilient to allow this member to be engaged withthe nail so that the cleaning and filing actions I may readily takeplace.

This manicure implement is small enough to be readily carried in apocket or in a. small purse, being less than an inch and onehalf longand about an inch in greatest diameter, and the thimble proper will bemade of any suitable material such as steel or silver, and if made ofsteel, it will be nickelplated, or silver or gold-plated, in

the parts of the device may be readily assembled and are secured againstaccidental detachment.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be eniiloyed'instead of the one erqitained change being made as regards theincchanisinherein dcsclosed, provided the means stated by any of thefollowing claims or the equivalent of such stat-ed means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as myintention:-

l. In a manicure device the combination of a thimblc, and a curvedbutting padresiliently mounted therein.

2. In a manicure device, the combination of a thimble a curved buttingpad mounted therein and a resiliently mounted cleaning and filing memberbelow said pad.

In a manicure device, the combination of a thinible, a curved butlingpad resiliently mounted therein and a resiliently mounted cleaning andfiling member below said pad.

4. In a manicure device the combination of a tliinible, a curved platesprings attached to said plate and thimble to resiliently space saidplate from the interior of said thiinble, and a butting pad mounted onsaid plate.

5. In a manicure device, the combination of a thimble, a curved platesprings attached to said plate and thimble to resiliently space saidplate from the interior of said thinible, a butting pad mounted on saidplate, and a curved spring attached to said plate and carrying a nailcleaningand filing member.

Signed by me this 28th day of February, 1922.

PAUL SERENE,

